On Wednesday, a police source in Baghlan said that at least 35 Afghan National Army (ANA) officers and ten policemen were killed when the Taliban launched an attack on a military base in Baghlan-e-Markazi district on Tuesday night.

Amnesty warned it proved "beyond any doubt that Afghanistan and, in particular, its capital Kabul, are not safe", and said European countries must stop returning Afghan refugees to the war-torn country.

Families of the dead held a mass funeral Thursday where mourners wept and clutched the wooden coffins.

The explosion, which came as the central city of Ghazni struggles to recover from five days of intense fighting between the Taliban and government forces, underlined how badly security in Afghanistan has degenerated, some two months before parliamentary elections scheduled for October. The assault on Ghazni was widely seen as a show of force ahead of possible peace talks with the USA, which has been at war in Afghanistan for almost 17 years.

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After some seven hours, officials said the two attackers were killed.

"It's the fighting season and the Taliban will want to rack up victories before winter".

The aftermath of the suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

"My house was just near the front line, the Taliban would force people to bring them food and tea", Hassan Safari, one of hundreds of residents who were forced to hide in their basements, told the AFP.

Afghan forces appeared to have finally pushed Taliban fighters from the strategic provincial capital, as the United Nations warned that reports suggested up to 150 civilians might have been killed in the fighting.

Small pockets of the city began opening up to humanitarian aid Thursday, while partial mobile service returned after telecommunications infrastructure and government buildings were destroyed during the fighting.

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